Flights Colorado Springs → Houston
COS → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Colorado Springs to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of 19.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 177 flights, connecting one of America's major cities with a smaller regional hub, and serves a destination airport that handles nearly 40,979,422 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Colorado Springs (COS) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 208 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.96%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Colorado Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Colorado Springs (COS) to Houston (IAH) heads south-east for about 1,302 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 3m.
Departures from Colorado Springs on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 53% of COS-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Colorado Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 208 tracked COS-IAH flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about COS-IAH
On the Colorado Springs (COS) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 208 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Colorado Springs-Houston is 0.96% across 208 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
